What if Britain Lost the Seven Years War? 

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“After Nine years… the Seven Years War…” Hold up.

Every British person's greatest nightmare, French Hegemony.

It's insane to think that the Seven Years War, a war often not covered in the most basic of world or European history classes, was so influential. We would have seen a completely different New World and a Europe where Germany never rises and the legacy that Napoleon left in OTL never occurred.

We’d love to see: “What if England Won the 100 Years War” by successfully uniting the Crowns of England & France under Henry V / Henry VI.

"The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you" - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I hope you’re not giving the French Canadians up here in Quebec some interesting ideas...

So... In a universe where Britain loses the Seven Years War, Britain still, eventually, wins... Nice.

Using Communist Tim Curry as the symbol of communism made me laugh.

I find it funny how world history was essentially determined by two neighbors who hated each other

Europeans deciding what to name a war : A war that lasted 9 years : seven years war A war that last 116 years : the hundred years war

Germany: You cant just not make me Unify. I AM INEVITABLE.

"Spain has had it since the 1700..." *Me, an spaniard* "No, no, he has a point"

It really should be said: France between the 7 years war and the Revolution *did* reform. Louis XVI saw that the French state was ready to cave and pushed for reforms. The nobles rejected these reforms, at least most of them.

Ah yes, the Seven Years War. A war that lasted nine years.

All I know is, that Poland finally catches a break in this timeline. For once.

Effectively, Britain becomes Equivalent to Japan in this timeline (an island nation that grows more advanced as the rest of the mainland falls further behind.)

"If you haven't watched that video, here's a quick recap" *poker ad starts* hmm...

Oh Christ. If Britain lost, the future would be quite interesting.

France: Becomes the world hegemon British and German people: *Screaming profusely in the background

Your discussion of the Industrialization with France and Britain reminds me of the difference between the Japanese and Chinese Governments' response to industrialization in the mid-late 19th century. Japan's Meiji Reformation crushed the high nobles as the lesser nobles embraced industrialization while nobles dragging their feet and forcing the Chinese military to remain disorganized weakened China to the point where Japan was able to win the First Sino-Japanese War. I could even imagine the war between France and Britain being over a client state they were both trying to influence in West Africa like the Ashanti Empire.

Answer to this question: This definitely means that the French are not expelled from Quebec and Canada. This means that the Acadian French never move to Southern Louisiana.

"France had stumbled, but in the end, was victorious" Truly, a nightmare scenario.

"...wouldn't exist, like a lot of other Ohio residents." Don't threaten us with a good time.

So, are we going to talk “what if France adopted the potato?” OH GOD I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

And I was just reading a book earlier this month about the Seven Years War.

TLDR: Britain industrializes before anyone else in Europe. They are even more powerful than before but are largely left out of continental politics. With their navy, they are able to keep France and the other powers stuck in Europe, and colonize almost all of Africa and the other colonies single handedly Rule Britannia intensifies

8:38 "Make temporary allies" Sounds like my typical EU4 game.

I laughed so hard when he said "the map changes the stuff you guys like."🤣🤣🤣

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This reinforces my belief that the 7 Years War/French and Indian War is the most important conflict if not in history then modern history

Just helping this get more interactions in the algorithm, move along

I'm left wondering how much of Latin America would have had their revolutionary wars if not for the French and American revolutions happening earlier. And even if they did, how much of these events would lead to further situations up and down both continents.

Here is one idea for the clip: What if Alexander the Great failed to conquer Persia

I think an interesting thing that might’ve happened in this timeline is the unification of Scandinavia. In the 19th century Scandinavia had like Germany and Italy ideas of unification. But this was abruptly halted during the 2nd Schleswig war. Denmark asked for Sweden-Norways help but they refused and thus those ideas just died. But if the German unification of Prussia never happens and then the 2nd Schleswig war never happens then Scandinavia might’ve unified. Just an interesting side note I think

What if Franz Ferdinand got to implement his reforms in Austria-Hungary?

"the map changes, the stuff you guys like" Yep, same reason I love the Total War franchise.

What would the Netherlands look like? This was basically the war that showed the world that Britain wasn’t a nation to be messed with. But if Britain loses, and Napoleon never invades the Netherlands, would the Dutch have kept South Africa?

As a Pole, I think I might say something about my country in the XVIIIth Century and in this timeline, so let me spit some things out. 1. After the Great Northern War Poland became essentialy a Russian puppet. Sure, France attempted to help Louis XV 's father-in-law, Stanisław I Leszczyński gain Polish throne (unsuccesfully, in War of the Polish succesion), but by the 1760s Russian influence over Poland was cemented. In fact, king Stanisław II August Poniatowski was elected in 1764 only thanks to him being Catherine the Great's lover and Russian troops surrounding the election sejm, so Poland would most likely be a Russian puppet, not the French one. 2. At this point, Polish political system was a complete mess - elected monarchy (with enormous foreign influence), constantly on the edge of anarchy (with dominant landed aristocracy, magnates, doing whatever they wanted and blocking any reform, liberum veto paralising legislative system and so called "golden noble freedom" limiting monarch's power to almost zero - in fact, Polish nobility used phrase "Polska nierządem stoi" - "Poland is ruled by an anarchy" - as a praise) and with almost non-existing army. Serious reforms were attempted only once country's weakness was made complitely visible with the First Partition of Poland, culminating in proclamation of the first European constitution (3rd May Constitution) and Thadeus Kościuszko's uprising. Without the First Partition (which wouldn't happen because of the Prussia's relative weakness in this timeline - more on that later), reforms would most likely still happen - at the time pro-reform faction in Polish nobility was gaining strength and dominatated the intelectual elites - but slower and theu would be enforced with great caution in order not to dtrike a nerve with the Russians - at least during Catherine the Great's reign - her son was more reform-mimded and even freed some Polish patriots like aformentioned Kościuszko. 3. The main force pushing for the Partitions of Poland (at least - the first one) was Prussia and its king, Frederick the Great. He wanted to connect both parts of his domain (Brandenburg and East Prussia), which was divided by Polish West Prussia with wealthy city of Gdańsk/Danzig. Indeed, with Prussia defeated in the Seven Years War, they would most likely not pressure the Russian for this partition thingy, so Poland indeed remains independent-ish (as a Russian puppet, but still).

As a French canadian, I thought about it a million times. And my conclusion is always the same: English so much outnumbered the French in AMerica that they would have won the next war.and the ATL becoming pretty much like the OTL.

People use to forget that once nationalism was thought as a "left wing" thing in opposition to the feudal-familiar relations

Glad to see you're pushing out more content, always an interesting watch

>france succeeds in anything cursed timeline

France: haha Britain we won Britain: yes but just watch till the end France: 😭 Germany: 😵

I had a whole assignment on the Battle of Abraham. Just thinking about the 7 years' war makes my skin crawl.

The American School System: “The what now?”

"There are many what if austria united Germany scenarios" Dude there are too few no cap

You are very ingenious. Even your ancestry ad is riveting. Thank you and God bless you, Cody.

Amazing how this channel manages to cover so much history that my college professors simply glance over.

For as long as I've been subbed to this channel for (since just before first alternate countries contest), this is probably one of the best series on the channel. It's super fucking interesting from almost every perspective and could easily find creedence in a Viccy 2 or 3 mod one of these days. THAT ALONE would be worth the price of that game (besides fucking everyone over economically, of course) Amazing work, Cody

I love this series. Thank you Cody for uploading this the day after the Montreal Canadians lost in the Stanley Cup Final. This will help the Francophones and Anglophones (like me an Aglophone Canadian) who watch your videos cheer up and speed up the recovery from the depression that comes with the Montreal Canadians losing the Stanley Cup Final.

Oh thank goodness a new Alternate History Hub video. I've been jumping around past videos waiting for a new one.

Amazing video, the quality of the animation only gets better everytime! 💗🤞✨

Then they wouldn't win Euro 2020 😌 *slaps on star*

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Your videos on alternative history provide interesting looks into the world and how simple changes can effect all of history. Thank you for these funny and entertaining videos.

Fascinating video. One of the most interesting alternate history scenarios I have seen.

Sad he didn't talk about the ottomans and Italians and papal states considering history would be vastly different for them

What if you did a “what if Americans never joined WW1” or “What if King Henry V lived/What if England won the Hundred Years’ War”

Love to see it, keep up the good work

Yes! I’m so happy that you made this video.

“This is a world where the French won the Seven Years War.” I felt a great disturbance in the force...as if millions of British voices suddenly cried out in terror

If they lost I wouldn’t have been able to order my plush 😂

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

Easily your best video. I am a long time fan.

here is an interesting scenario: what if Kaiser Frederick III didn't die and rulled for at least 10 years

I like how even in the best scenario Poland still gets a puppet monarchy

Keep up the good work your content is amazing!!!!!

Great video man. Here is a comment for the algorithm. Also that sponsorship/conclusion was smooth.

I feel like things might go better for the africans themselves at that point - if the British treated them like the North American indigenous (which wasn't well but wasn't slavery), and tried to get them as allies against the French, maybe things wouldn't have gone so badly

Cody: I know you want to see map changes. Cody: proceeds to literally NEVER SHOWING OR EXPLAINING ANY SORT OF MAP CHANGE IN THE ENTIRE VIDEO NEVER EVEN EXPLAINING THE PEACE DEALS AT ALL. THANKS, CODY, THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED.

Thank you for the 🌟. It makes me feel rewarded :)

Man, this is such a good episode.

What if the events of Bleeding Kansas started the Civi War?

Cody you forgot to mention Tsar Peter III's being a fanboy of Fredrick the Great and Fredrick turned the tide of the war against the Austrian using 90k Russian troops

If Cody ever start writing alternate history books I’d read them in a heartbeat.

probably one of my favorite scenarios great job

Britain, loses seven year war Also Britain, gets to live in a world where it is the only major industrial power with nearly a century head start

Not sure if there’s a RU-vidr whose videos I click on faster than yours, Cody. Love your work, and I enjoyed your book!

Honestly one of the best sponsor tie ins I’ve ever seen in a video. Amazing job! And you got to appeal to Americans like me who wanted to hear more about what happened in America in this timeline.

All I’m hearing is That is the French one we would not have our Cody

Can you do one for "What if the Crusaders won the Battle of Varna in 1444"?

Thank you Cody 💕

Dang my first *new* video on this channel after discovering you through an Epic Rap Battle of History comment! You make good shit, Cody. Keep it up.

I find myself mixed on the idea of the French Revolution in this alternate timeline myself. Because the big question to me would come down to: "Does France reform?" But in my own reading the biggest stumbling block to that wasn't an inability of the Bourbon Monarchy to reform via expenses of the war or the like. But an inability to because they didn't control their nation. The same feudal system that was in play was also far from an absolutist monarchy like say, the Swedish Empire was. Where King Charles the XII told his nobles: "I have no obligations, you have to swear to follow me unquestioningly." The French crown by comparison had practically no control over its own nation. A lot of the excessive party life and such referenced popularly was an attempt by the Bourbon Monarchy to desperately reign in the nobility. Distracting them by promoting that lavish lifestyle and sort of game of prestige and fame among the peerage. It was, like the Byzantine Court who's name became attached to the Empire, a desperate attempt to fend off internal pressures and formenting unrest. It depended on someone who was a political mastermind to somehow sabotage quite literally all the powerful nobles in the realm... aaaand somehow dig the nation out of the hole at the same time. Most of the reforms the Napoleonic Empire would enforce and become famous for had been sitting back as drafted plans for decades. But there was no monarch who had the ability to push it through and prevent the country from falling apart. So they focus on trying to stop the immediate threat of the nobility... and that leads to the time bomb of the commoners eventually rising up. I'm not sure that an alternate timeline in a Seven Years War victory would have changed that per se... maybe if there was some general patriotic swelling support for the monarch that they felt they could cash in on some reforms? But it'd have to be something more than just not having war debts from two conflicts I think. The lavish lifestyles and debts thing I think is often misinterpreted because it's looked through the lens of the Revolution itself. Outsiders who didn't understand and framed up the nobility as "out of touch". Instead of what the monarchy would have seen it as. Walking into a den of lions with steaks stapled to them, and trying to convince the lions that instead of chowing on him, they should instead show they could produce even better meals for their peers. It's a death spiral that they entered because it became a necessity. Emergency stop gap measures that never were rescinded, well until the revolution went chop and pike happy. Which frankly is a recurring theme in politics and government. Temporary measures that become permanent and eventually collapse under their own weight. In the US that's Social Security Retirement Packages. It was meant as a temporary measure to secure the vote for FDR during the Depression. It only worked at the time because there was a huge influx of cash for it from a large working class, and few elderly who could cash out. Over time more cash out, lifespans get longer meaning more money is cashed out by people, and more people are cashing out at the same time, people are delaying entering the work force in earnest meaning reduced money in. It's a scheme that is unsustainable on its own, but will never be closed. Until perhaps one way or another something breaks. And there's just a lot of moments like that in history. And relatively few moments I've seen someone actually dodge that doom and make it work.

If Poland survived XVIII century the kings would be from Saxon dynasty. This was stated in Constitution from 1791.

Good video!

'Conflict of shenanigans' might be my favorite historical term ever, thank you kind sir, I'm a gonna use that!

Does anyone else think the Seven Years War should be or should have been known as the First World War? (Edit: I just think it fits the bill quite neatly being literally a global conflict.)

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You should do more part to us I love it

I’d love to see you explore the alternate history of the 1632 novels. Lots of fun n pretty well researched from what I can tell.

“And with Spain ever since the 1700’s” Me: *Ouch*

Politics absolutely influences your lineage! Me: huh, I wonder why all my Mexican ancestors suddenly jumped from Zacatecas to Spain... oh. Oh right, the Inquisition.

Yay new video ❤️

You’re so close to 2 mil!!!

sounds like a blessed timeline of the British failing upwards

Video Idea: If the American Civil war was non-violent and how that will effect American values and culture and its relationship with Britain

Well done

Can we acknowledge how many global conflicts have been started over Ohio.